User guide

Opening a virtual media session
To launch a virtual media session:
Select Tools - Virtual Media from the Video Viewer menu. The Virtual Media dialog box will
appear.
To make this a reserved session, click Details, then enable the Reserved checkbox.
To map a virtual media drives:
1. Open a virtual media session from the Video Viewer menu by selecting Tools - Virtual
Media.
2. To map a physical drive as a virtual media drive:
a. In the Virtual Media dialog box, click the Mapped checkbox next to the drive(s) you
wish to map.
b. If you wish to limit the mapped drive to read-only access, click the Read Only
checkbox next to the drive. If the virtual media session settings were previously
configured so that all mapped drives must be read only, this checkbox will already be
enabled and cannot be changed.
You might wish to enable the Read Only checkbox if the session settings
enabled read and write access, but you wished to limit a particular drive’s
access to read only.
3. To add and map an ISO or floppy image as a virtual media drive:
a. In the Virtual Media dialog box, click Add Image.
b. The common file dialog box will appear, with the directory containing disk image files
(that is, those ending in .iso or .img) displayed. Select the desired ISO or floppy image
file and click Open.
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If the client workstation’s operating system supports drag-and-drop, select the
desired ISO or floppy image file from the common file dialog box and drag it
onto the Virtual Media dialog box.
c. The file’s header is checked to ensure it is correct. If it is, the common file dialog box
will close and the chosen image file will appear in the Virtual Media dialog box,
where it can be mapped by clicking the Mapped checkbox.
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